Whatever the Lord says

And Micaiah said, "As the LORD lives, whatever the LORD says to me, that I will speak." – 1 Kings 22v14

Ahab was still trying to get the prophet to support him. He seemed to really think that if he could get Micaiah to change his prophecy it would change his fate. This really showed how out of the loop Ahab was!

Micaiah would not do it though – ‘I can only tell you what God told me to say.’ We have to admire his courage and his determination to not compromise his message. Nothing could keep him from delivering God’s message.

The modern application is pretty obvious. There are all kinds of things that could tempt us from being faithful to the word of God. While we must be wise, balanced, and careful not to cause unneeded offence, we need to be aware that man cannot keep us from being faithful to proclaiming God’s word.

Lets be careful that what we speak is not out of fear of men, not out of our own agenda, but only what God would have us to say.